Flower-pot shelf



(No Model.)

J. GOEBEL & T. GRIFFIN. FLOWER POT SHELF.

110.461,078. Patented Oct. 13,1891.

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UNiTnD STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN GOEBEL AND-THOMAS GRIFFIN, OF BERLIN FALLS, NEV HAMPSHIRE.

FLOWER-POT SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,078, dated October 13, 1891.

Application tiled April 9, 1891. Serial No. 388,298. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN GOEBEL and THOMAS GRIFFIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Berlin Falls,in the county of Goos and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improve:

ments in Flower-Pot Shelves; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to iiower-pot shelves; and it consists in improvements inthe standard on which said shelf is mounted, as likewise in the construction of the standard or support, whereby the shelf is capable of two positions, one wit-hin the room and interiorly of the window, the other exteriorly of the room and window.

Brieliy described, my invention consists in a guide or standard provided with a transverse aperture, which receives the Windowsash and permits the latter to close snugly down upon the window-frame. Tithin this guide is fitted a movable plate, upon which is pivotally fastened a flower-pot shelf, preferably semicircular in shape. Thus, assuming the shelf is in the room, to expose the plants thereupon to the outer air, the window is raised and the shelf and plate are thrust outwardly to the eXtreme limit of the movement of said plate. The shelf is then swung one hundred and eighty degrees. This presents the straight side of the shelf to the window. The latter can then be closed, leaving the shelf with the plants outside.

The drawings herewith presented represent in Figure 1 a plan sectional View of the window with the shelf in the room. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation showing the exterior part of the guide or standard swung up. Fig. is a similar section with said part in itsnormal horizontal position. Fig. 4 is an end view of the saine from the exterior.

In the accompanying drawings, 2 represents the lower part of a window-frame with the sash in part shown at 3.

The flower-pot shelf et in the present instance is semicircular in plan view, and is furnished with a pendent pin or post 5, pivotally secured in a movable plate (j. The latteris adapted to be movable transversely of the window-sash or at right angles thereto. To produce this movement, we have employed a guide or standard which maybe composed of two separate pieces-an external one S and interior one 9. Between 6o these and vertically beneath the windowsash is provided an opening 10 to enable the sash to be closed tightly down upon the window-frame. Then the guide or standard is formed in one piece, a portion of the metal 55 is removed to create an aperture to allow the sash to come into place. Preferably this guide is to be rectangular in cross-section, with overhanging lips or strips l2 12 to retain the plate G in position, and yet allow it to re- 7o Ciprocate freely. In order that the exterior piece 8 may notinterfere with blinds or shutters when such are employed, the end in proximity to the sash is jointed or hinged at 13, while the front end has a fastening-tongue or metal strap le, which upholds said plate S in a horizontal position and at the same time, by removal of the pin l5, allows said piece S to be swung upwardly in a vertical position. Thus the blinds may be closed, and no inter- 8o ference is caused by this part of the standard, which is exterior of the window.

The operation of the above-detailed parts is as follows: W'ith the shelf in the position as in Fig. l-that is, within the room-in order to place the same outside of the window the latter is first raised. rlhe shelf may then be swung through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees in order to reverse its position. The shelf and movable plate (i are now 9o pushed outwardly until the straight edge is clear 0f 'the sash. The window may then be closed. This swinging act of the shelf may occur either before or subsequent to the outward or inward movement of said shelf, which is provided with a small orifice by which water or dirt of any kind can be removed.

iVe do not desire to be limited to any precise form of the shelf, nor to any of the parts loo fixed, the other exteriorly, but hinged, a plate movable within and lengthwise of said guide, and a flower-pot shelf pivotally affixed upon said plate and adapted to be swung in a horizontal plane in order to reverse its position, substantially as stated.

In testi mon7 whereof We affix our signatures zo in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN GOEBEL.

THOMAS GRIFFIN.

Witnesses:

R. N. CHAMBERLIN, I. H. VIGHT. 

